BlueRedGold is building the world’s first scalable, automated indoor saffron farming system that combines AI, robotics, hydroponics, and modular hardware. Their system replicates ideal growing conditions indoors to enable multiple cultivation cycles per year and automates saffron flower picking and stigma separation. The company aims to license the system globally across the food, medical, cosmetics, and nutraceutical sectors. BlueRedGold has received requests for more than several tonnes of saffron from nutraceutical, food, and cosmetics industries, indicating early market traction. It raised €2.73 million to construct a first-of-its-kind blueprint facility — a modular plant designed for profitability from the start — and to accelerate development of its scalable indoor cultivation system. The funding round was led by PINC, the venture arm of Paulig, and included The Food Tech Lab and PolarVentures. Andrei Boulescu recently joined as CTO and Head of Automation and Production to help scale AI-driven automation and production.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jun 2025